Do you think someone who deliberately outfits his boat with highly
tensioned lines, swinging metal tubes, and uses them to propel the
boat in a way which often restricts the course it can sail, hampers
emergency maneuvers such as picking up people who fall in the water,
and involves an enormous amount of extra effort and exposure to the
elements that can lead to operator fatigue an resultant errors in
judgement and navigation could possibly be considered a competent
seaman?

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Roger Long



"DSK" wrote in message
.. .
Roger Long wrote:
Do you think someone who has grown up sailing only roller furling
boats with all line handling done from the cockpit can be
considered a competent sailor?

Yes.

Do you think that somebody who deliberately rigs his boat to be more
difficult to handle in all respects, and less safe, can be
considered a competent sailor?

DSK